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ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/SPEC/CPV/1/Rev.3 
26 September 2007 
 (07-4054) 
Working Party on the 
Accession of Cape Verde Original:   English 
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF CAPE VERDE 
 
Domestic Support and Export Subsidies in the Agricultural Sector  
 
Revision  
  
The following submission, dated 25 September 2007, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Republic of Cape Verde. 
 
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Explanatory Notes: Supporting Tables DS:1-9 and ES:1 Domestic Support  
The Republic of Cape Verde is a Least Develope d Country with an extensive territorial sea, 
consisting of ten volcanic islands ( one of which and eight others is lets are uninhabited), emerging 
above the surface of the Atlantic Ocean from a long submarine ridge on the eastern edge of 
Cape Verde's Basin, off the western coast of Afri ca.  Approximately 9.68 per cent of 403.3 thousand 
hectares of the land mass is arable of which 0.5 per cent has permanent crops.  Total population is 
estimated at 446,000 inhabitants (UNDP estima tion for 2002), 460,968 (2003, source INE) and 
469,456 (2004, source INE). 
The representative period consist of the past eight years in which data is available, including, 
2003, 2004 and 2005. 
During the representative years, before and sin ce, the Republic has not enacted any measure 
providing specific support for any agricultural pr oduct that meets the criteria defined in the 
Agreement on Agriculture of the WTO. 
A number of measures benefit from technical a nd financial aid provided by donor countries 
and the aid component has been excluded from the figures quoted in the supporting tables. 
Fresh water sources are limited and rainfall quan tities are insufficient to nurture agriculture 
production, consequently infrastructure services ar e primarily associated with water supply and 
irrigation projects.  These projects serve both environmental and agriculture purposes.  The figures 
quoted in DS:1 for this category are those expend itures tracked by the Ministry of Environment, 
Agriculture and Fisheries only. 
Salaries and wages make up the significant co mponent of the Governments expenditure for 
domestic support. 
Export Subsides  
The Republic of Cape Verde does not and has not provided any form of export subsidies.  
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Page 2 Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  CAPE VERDE 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1998-2005 
 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2 of the Agreement on Agriculture Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question  
(million CVE) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
General services Please, consult the attached table (on pages 3-4)  Ministry of Environment, Agriculture 
and Fisheries; and Ministry of Finance 
Public stockholding1 for food security 
purposes None  Ministry of Environment, Agriculture 
and Fisheries 
Domestic food aid None  Same 
Decoupled income support None  Same 
Income insurance and income safety-net 
programmes None  Same 
Payments for relief from natural disasters None  Same 
Structural adjustment assistance provided 
through producer re tirement programmes None  Same 
Structural adjustment assistance provided 
through resource retir ement programmes None  Same 
Structural adjustment assistance provided 
through investment aids None  same 
Environmental programmes Protection and conservation of the atmosphere, territorial 
organization and forest maintenance, reforestation, 
hydrographical basins organization, integrated management of 
the water's resource, conservation of the nature and of the 
biodiversities, forest guards' wages and others  Ministry of Environment, Agriculture, 
and Fisheries; and Ministry of Finance 
 2003 
2004 
2005 138,663 
7,943 
7,436  
                                                      
1 Public Stockholding for food security is provided by donor countries  
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 Page 3Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2 of the Agreement on Agriculture Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question  
(million CVE) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
Regional assistance None   
Other 
Research  - research related to arid  zones agriculture, applied 
research in the sector of horticulture roots and tubercles, 
irrigation, and production and integrated protection of the 
agricultural products  
2003 
2004 
2005 12,560 
0 
0 
Extension - includes availability of means to facilitate the 
transfer of information; en abling of agricultural agent; 
production and diffusion of programs of awareness, training 
and information for farmers.  General services 
2003 
2004 
2005 5,888 
1,117 
4,272 
Infrastructure - rural engineerin g works, such as land and 
water conservation, construction of dikes, water holding 
infrastructures, reservoirs and mobilization of water for 
irrigation.  
2003 
2004 
2005 0.54 
1,200 
18,502 
Support to the development of agricultural production - 
generalization of localized irrigation systems, promotion of hydroponics and aero-ponies, diversification of non-irrigated 
agriculture, agricultural research, and development of fruit 
agriculture.   
2003 
2004 
2005 91,000 
15,121 
38,361 Ministry of Environment, Agriculture, 
and Fisheries; and Ministry of Finance  
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Page 4 Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2 of the Agreement on Agriculture Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question  
(million CVE) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
Support to the development of livestock -training of 
inspectors; animal sanitation; improvement in slaughter 
conditions; improvement in production, gathering and conservation of forage; development of bee-keeping and 
rabbit-breeding; support to the transformation and 
enhancements of products of animal origin, etc.  
 
2003 
2004 
2005 50,275 
42,199 
8,495   
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 Page 5Supporting Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  CAPE VERDE 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1998-2005 
 
Measures exempt from the reducti on commitment - Special and Differential Treatment - "Development Programmes" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measure with 
reference to criteria in Article 6:5 of the 
Agreement on Agriculture Monetary value of measure in year in 
question (million CVE) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
NIL 
  
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Page 6 Supporting Table DS:3 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:   CAPE VERDE  
REPORTING PERIOD:  1998-2005 
 
Measures exempt from the reduc tion commitment - Direct Payments under Production- Limiting Programmes - "Exempt Direct Payments " 
 
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to 
criteria in Article 6:5 of th e Agreement on Agriculture Monetary value of measure in year in question 
(million CVE) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
NIL 
  
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 Page 7Supporting Tables DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  CAPE VERDE 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1998-2005 
 
Calculation of the Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Description of basic products Product-specific AMS Product-specific measurements of support Current Total AMS 
1 2 3 4 
NIL 
  
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Page 8 Supporting Table DS:5 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: CAPE VERDE 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1998-2005 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measuremen ts of Support:  Market Price Support 
 
Description of basic 
products Calendar/ 
marketing year Measure type(s) Applied administered 
price External 
reference price Eligible 
production Associated 
fees/levies Total market 
price support Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5*6)-7) 9 
NIL 
  
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 Page 9Supporting Table DS:6 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  CAPE VERDE 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1998-2005 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Me asurements of Support: Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
 
Description 
of basic 
product Calendar/ 
marketing 
year Measures 
type(s) Applied 
administered 
price External 
reference 
price Eligible 
production Total price-
related direct 
payments Other non-
exempt direct 
payments Associated 
fees/levies Total direct 
payments Data 
sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4+5)*6) 8 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
NIL  
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Page 10 Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  CAPE VERDE 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1998-2005 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements  of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Pr oduct-Specific AMS 
 
Description 
of basic 
product Calendar/ 
marketing yearMeasures 
type(s) Other product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays Other product-
specific 
support Associated 
fees/levies Total other 
product-
specific 
support Market price 
support Non-exempt 
direct 
payments Total AMS Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
NIL 
  
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 Page 11Supporting Table DS:8 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  CAPE VERDE 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1998-2005 
 
Product-Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support 
 
Description 
of basic 
products Calendar/ 
marketing 
year Measure 
type(s) Applied 
administered 
price Eligible to 
receive the 
applied 
administered 
price Market price 
support 
budgetary 
outlays Equivalent 
measurement 
of support Non-
exempt 
direct 
paymentsOther product-
specific 
support Associated feesTotal 
monetary value of 
equivalent 
commitment Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
(7+8+9-10) 12 
NIL 
  
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Page 12 Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: CAPE VERDE 
REPORTING PERIOD: 1998-2005 
 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
 
Measure type(s) Calendar/marketing 
year Non-product-specific 
budgetary outlays Other non-product-
specific support Associated fees/levies Total non-product 
specific support Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
NIL 
 
  
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 Page 13Supporting Table ES:1 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  CAPE VERDE 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1998 – 2005 
 
Export Subsidies:  Outlay and Quantity 
 
Description of 
products Direct export 
subsidies Sales of stocks Producer financed 
subsidies Cost reduction 
measures Internal transport 
subsidies Total product 
specific export 
subsidies Quantity of 
subsidized exportsData source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
NIL 
 
 
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